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HIS
FUR.
IF POLICE CATCH THE DOG PAINTER,
THEY COULD FILE CHARGES.
BALTO
IS A 12-YEAR-OLD HUSKY WHO
LIVES IN WEARE AND HE'S BEEN
HAVING SOME VERY COLORFUL
ADVENTURES.
ON A NORMAL DAY YOU'LL FIND
BALTO HANGING AROUND HIS OWNER'S
PINE HILL ROAD HOME ATASHED TO A
20-FOOT LINE OR PLAYING IN THE
FENCED BACK YARD.
BUT
NATURE, HUSKIES ARE RUNNERS
AND BALTO'S OWNER JAY
SAYS
OCCASIONALLY HEEL SNEAK AWAY.
HE DOES WELL IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS
A DOG
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
DESTRUCTIVE TO ANYBODY OR
ANYBODY'S PROPERTY, AND MY THREE
DOGS WILL RUN OUT THERE AND JUST
GO
AFTER HIM AND HE
JUST.
THE TROUBLE STARTED BACK IN
THE SPRING WHEN HE MAY HAVE
WANDERED INTO A
YARD WHERE HE
WASN'T WELCOME.
HIS TAIL WAS A LITTLE BIT
SEPARATE
PAINTED LIKE A BRIGHT
PINK COLOR, A FEW WEEKS LATER HE
HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HIS
BACK.
BUT JAY FILTER
DIDN'T POLICE,
CALL POLICE UNTIL LAST WEEK.
LAST THURSDAY IT WAS, HE CAME
BACK
AND HIS WHOLE BODY WAS JUST
SPRAY PAINTED GREEN, AND,
IN
THIS OIL BASED PAINT.
HE SAYS HE DOES UNDERSTAND
THAT BALTO WAS IN VIOLATION
OF
WEARE'S LEASH ORDINANCE, BUT HE
DOESN'T THINK THIS IS THE
ANSWER.
I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY
DOING TO IT A DOG ANY MORE.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME,
OR MY DOG, CALL
THE AUTHORITIES,
CALL ME, CALL ANIMAL PATROL.
IT NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO TO
A POOR
DOG.
AND POLICE SAY WHO EVER IS
SPRAY PAINTING THE DOG COULD BE
IN
TROUBLE.
IT'S STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION, BUT CERTAINLY
ANIMAL CRUELTY SOUND LIKE A
REASONABLE DIRECTION FOR THE
INVESTIGATION TO GO.
HUSKIES HAVE THREE COATS OF
FUR ON THEM AND
THAT HELPS THEM
WITH THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE, SO
IF YOU START COATING THAT WITH
SOMETHING, THEN IT BECOMES A
PROBLEM.
IF IT WAS IN THE SUMMER IT WOULD
SERIOUSLY BE A PROBLEM.